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Lady Rabbits lose at Jacksboro
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a tough outing at Jacksboro on Friday night.
The Lady Tigers won 16-4 in five innings due to run-rule against the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie was coming off a comeback win earlier in the week against rival Nocona and was hoping to have a chance to win this time around against Jacksboro.
The Lady Tigers won the first matchup 12-4, but only pulled ahead by a lot of runs late in the game.
The Lady Rabbits got on the board first. Traycee Stewart and Kenzie Short led off with back-to-back singles. Following a bunt that moved them both into scoring position and a strikeout Addie Farris drove them both in with a single to right field.
Bowie’s 2-0 lead did not stand for long though as Jacksboro’s bats were hot all game long. Four singles and a fielding error allowed the Lady Tigers to score four runs and take a 4-2 lead heading into the second inning.
The Lady Rabbits got a break with their leadoff batter Maddie Mandela getting on base thanks to a dropped third strike. She would later steal second base, but that would be as far as she would go.
The next three batters were retired with little trouble to end the scoring chance.
The same hot hitting from Jacksboro continued as two doubles and three singles allowed the team to score four more runs to up the lead to 8-2.
In the third inning, Short led off and hit a double. Two batters later Hannah Love drew a walk and Farris followed with a single to load the bases with one out.
Haley Webb then drove two runs in with a single up the middle to cut the lead to 8-4. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out for out three.
The Lady Rabbits had trouble preventing the Lady Tigers from scoring in their best innings. Two singles, a walk and a fielding error allowed Jacksboro to score two runs to make it 12-4 heading into the fourth inning.
Bowie tried to get a two-out rally going as Stewart got on base thanks to a fielding error. Short followed with a single to put two runners on base. Unfortunately, the next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice for out three to end the scoring chance.
The Lady Rabbit defense was not good in the final inning they played. Three fielding errors added to the three singles and a double to score four runs to make the score 16-4.
Bowie would need to score at least three runs in its final at-bat to continue the game and avoid being run-ruled. Despite Farris being hit by a pitch with one out to get a runner on base, the Lady Rabbits failed to score any runs to extend the game.
Jacksboro won 16-4.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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